rasping

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7

Definition of rasping

6 senses · 3 parts of speech

adj

  1. raspy
    “He spoke in a rasping voice due to throat cancer.”
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adj

  1. raspy
    “He spoke in a rasping voice due to throat cancer.”
  2. exasperating
  3. Pushing forward with great force.
    “When the opponent has led off with a fine rasping drive, the noble, but somewhat treacherous, spirit of emulation rises in the breast of the rival, and he is tempted to 'press' –ever so little, but just a little too much in order to outdo his antagonist's effort.”
    “Myhill gets fingertips onto it and helps the rasping drive onto the bar and over or a corner.”
    “Celta then levelled following a crisp move between Daniel Wass, Guidetti and Orellana, the Chilean sending a rasping drive high beyond Casilla.”
    “Zeki Amdouni had a rasping long-range drive parried away by David Raya”

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of rasp

noun

  1. A sound that rasps.
  2. The act of rasping as with a file.

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7-letter words

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6-letter words

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5-letter words

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4-letter words

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3-letter words

44 words

2-letter words

12 words

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